Maine Senate backs bill tying sports betting to casinos, off-track parlors
A heavily lobbied bill that would put Maine among 30 others to legalize sports betting but tie it to existing casinos and off-track parlors was easily approved in the state Senate on Thursday.
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Piscataquis becomes 1st Maine county to declare itself a Second Amendment sanctuary
Several Maine towns have declared themselves Second Amendment sanctuaries in recent months since President Joe Biden’s inauguration, including Caribou, Van Buren and Fort Fairfield, as local politics becomes increasingly nationalized.
After historic highs, lumber prices are finally beginning to drop
After a winter and spring that saw lumber prices reach astronomical heights and lumber shortages in yards and at retailers nationwide, prices for lumber finally began to drop last week.
Maine has appealed to white supremacists before. Now a new group says it wants to move here.
Chris Pohlhaus and his followers see Maine as a desirable place because of loose gun laws and the state’s highest-in-the-nation percentage of white residents.
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